Carrying handles



Feb. 28, 1967 G. c. WILSON 3,306,507

CARRYI NG HANDLE 5 Filed Sept. 20, 1965 fiweflZar: 676/216 C 015014United States Patent 3,306,507 CARRYING HANDLES Glenn C. Wilson, 320 N.Euclid Ave., Oak Park, II]. 60302 Filed Sept. 20, 1965, Ser. No. 488,5921 Claim. (Cl. 224-45) My invention relates to carrying handles forshopping bags, and more particularly to the carrying handle covered inmy Patent No. 3,207,397, to be issued on September 21, 1965. In thepatented handle, two undercut passages occur near the ends terminatingwith pockets in which the hand straps of a shopping bag may besuspended, the handle providing a comfortable hold in this manner forthe support and transportation of the shopping bag.

Some packages, such as beverage bottle cartons, packages tied withstring, and paint cans with carrying bails, are not adapted for supportby the handle in my patent, but can receive suspended support from apair of hooks. It is accordingly one object of the present invention tosupplement the handle covered in my aforesaid patent with a pair ofhooks for the convenient support and transportation of the articlesmentioned at the beginning of this paragraph.

A further object is to provide a pair of hooks whose head portions arereceivable in the undercut passages mentioned above to seat in thepockets and hang from the handle in readiness to suspend any of thearticles mentioned.

Another object is to provide hooks of the character mentioned which arelight, very simple in construction, and of a nature to be produced atnominal cost by machine methods.

A better understanding of the invention may begained by reference to theaccompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a side elevation of the handle treated in my aforesaid patent,showing a pair of the hooks suspended therefrom;

FIG. 2 is an end view of the showing in FIG. 1; and

FIGS. 3 to 5 are, respectively, perspective views showing theapplication of the hooks to a bottle carton, a string-tied package, anda paint can.

Referring specifically to the drawing, denotes the carrying handle shownin my patent, such handle being of plastic material with a roundedbottom 10a for comfortable support in the hand. Near each end the handlehas an entrance 10b into an S-shaped passage 100 which leads into abottom pocket 10d.

The passages 100, While retentive in respect to the supporting straps ofa shopping bag, are equally retentive when the head portions 12a of apair of pendent hooks 12 are trained into the passages to seat in thepockets 16d as shown. In this event the head portions fully wrap aroundthe handle bottom 10a as seen in FIG. 5, becoming locked against lateralor endwise deviation, particularly when a weighted carton or package issuspended from the books. The said head portions are preferablytriangular, but may be circular or of any other suitable form. The hooks12 are bent up with bills 12b at the bottom, these being in the sameplane as the head portions, and pointing in the same direction. Also,the entrances to the bills are flared and then constricted, as shown at12c and 12d, respectively, in FIG. 2. They are thus tensionedmomentarily when receiving the handle 13 of a bottle carton 13, the topportions 14a of a package tie string 14, or the bail 15a of a paint can15, as shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5, respectively.

It will now be apparent that the attachment of the hooks extends the useof the carrying handle to articles other than shopping bags, to enablesuch other articles to be carried with balance and comfort. Thelightness and compactness of the hooks enable them to be taken alongwith the carrying handle in a purse or pocket for immediate use duringmiscellaneous shopping or whenever desired. Finally, the hooks are of anature to be formed by machine methods and therefore to be available atnominal cost.

I claim:

The combination with a carrying handle having terminal receptacles, eachwith a top entrance, an outward channel continued from the entrance, anda downward pocket continued from the channel; of a pair of bookssuspended from the carrying handle, each hook having a looped headportion locked in engagement with the handle by threading through therelated entrance and channel to seat in said pocket and wrap around thebottom of the handle.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 525,577 9/1894Babbitt 22457 1,137,548 4/1915 Spurrier 22457 1,327,293 1/1920 Rolfes.1,671,812 5/1928 Chase 22456 3,207,397 9/ 1965 Wilson 224-45 GERALD M.FORLENZA, Primary Examiner, F, E. WERNER, Assistant Examiner.

